Draft Electric Transmission Two-Year Local Area Plan
Stakeholder Comment Form
Open Comment period is from October 01, 2015 until October 30, 2015 (5:00 pm Mountain time)
Please submit comments to Kathy.Bauer@northwesternenergy.com
Commenter Contact Information
Date: 6/27/2016
Name: John Leland
Organization: NTTG
Email address: john.leland@comprehensivepower.org
Phone number: 406-494-2088
Stakeholder Comments
Section
Data Sharing
and Plan
Coordination
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Comment
“NTTG develops a biennial Regional Transmission Plan and
responds to requests for Economic Studies pursuant to FERC
Orders 890 and 1000.”
NWMT Response: Suggestion was implemented.
“NWMT is an active member of the NTTG and uses
participates in the NTTG process for regional data sharing,
planning and cost allocation, and interregional coordination
with adjacent regional planning entities.”
NWMT Response: Suggestion was implemented.
“MNWMT Oasis website”
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NWMT Response: Suggestion was implemented.
“NWMT's Attachment K, the NTTG Planning Agreement and
the NTTG Planning Charter govern the relationship between
NWMT local transmission planning and the NTTG’s regional
transmission planning and interregional transmission planning
coordination activities.”
NWMT Response: Suggestion was implemented.
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Coordination
“NTTG’s also has a cost allocation committee that determines
regional cost allocations for a regional project selected in
NTTG’s regional transmission plan for purposes of regional
cost allocationqualifying system additions where agreement
on cost allocation has not been reached.”
NWMT Response: Suggestion was implemented.
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Coordination
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“An example of the data and plan coordination for this
process is shown in Figure 3 Local and Regional Planning.
As the figure shows, data and plan information is
coordinated between the local planning process, the NTTG
regional planning process and the WECC interconnection
wide planning process.” Where in Figure 3 is this
coordination shown?
NWMT Response: This text is regarding a Figure that was
removed. This text has been deleted.